He he, gota love genma...

btw, he's going to be in the story alot more from now on...

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SMASH!!!

The cups that the waitress had just put on the table were swept off the table, the coffee in the cups spilling as Sakura dived for the cups. With her fast reactions, she managed to catch the coffee, but the little saucers that they had been resting on had been smashed, sent flying to the floor by Genma's arms.

Genma had flailed, and then fell to the floor in surprise. His chair tipped and fell with him too, but luckily only the coffee had been served, and not Sakura's lunch, otherwise that would be on the floor too.

Sakura placed the coffee cups on the table carefully, and cautiously, trying not to make a noise as she placed them down. The whole café was looking at them with confusion, before she looked up at them with a weak smile. They took the cue to look back to their own tables and companions.

She avoided eye contact with Genma as she helped him up, and sat him down on his chair. He was still bemused, and looked at her with disbelief.

"You really mean that?" he asked, finally, after taking several gulps of his coffee and staring at her with incredulity. She nodded, and he sat back in his chair, contemplating.

After an even longer time he grinned, shaking his head slowly as he laughed.

"I could always see something happening with you two!!! You just needed to get over that Uchiha and he needed to get his ass into gear and take action." He snorted, adding an afterthought, "Of course, he would need to convince his stubborn mind to accept the fact that he loves you."

It was Sakura's turn to cough and splutter.

"What?!!! He loves me? But-" she was interrupted by Genma shaking his head violently, almost angrily.

"No, no." He frowned, an odd expression for the usually positive jounin. He then blew a strand of his long hair out of his face and shook his head again. "The stubborn ass does, but he doesn't realise it."

Sakura shook her head in confusion. "But if he doesn't know it, how do you…?"

"I knew it from one of the first missions I did with you two." Genma smiled, seeming lost in the memories. "Ah, it was there… the way he favoured you above Naruto and your other team mates, and sometimes the way that he looked at you, like a man seeing the light for the first time."

Sakura burst into laughed, almost not believing his words. "Are you serious?"

"Yes."

"Oh… Okay…"

Genma got up, finishing his coffee in one last gulp. He winked at Sakura, saying as he left the table, "All you have to do is convince him. But good luck with that."

Sakura watched his retreating back, and thought over what information she had been told.

She now knew, or thought, from what Genma had said, that Kakashi did have feelings for her, but was unaware of them, or in denial. All she had to do was show him that she loved him, and prove to him that it wasn't just because of Sasuke that she was trying to be with him.

To be honest, Sakura didn't even understand how her wanting to be with him was related to Sasuke's rejection. It was not related, and Sakura knew that while she wanted comfort when she was hurt, she did not want that type of comfort. Her feelings just… happened. They popped out from the back of her mind where they had been hiding, and then tried to act on them.

But look how that turned out.

She nibbled on her toasted sandwich, thanking the waitress as she picked up the empty coffee cup that Genma had finished.

Sakura groaned, holding her head in her hands as she tried to figure out a way to make Kakashi SEE her. She had thought about just walking up to him, and talking to him about in private , but more than likely, he would use his jutsu to poof away, and leave her standing in the dust, or rather smoke.

She could ask some others for help, but most of them would either be weirded out by her liking her old sensei, or be no help at all. She could ask Shikamaru, as he did not form any opinions, other than everything being troublesome, and he was a genius and would be able to form some sort of plan that would work.

The only problem would be how to convince him to help her…

Inner Sakura jumped up and down in her head, a small light bulb flashing above her head.

'I have an idea…' Her inner was very excited.

'What?'

'We kidnap him!!!' Inner Sakura thought of Kakashi being tied up, and watching her as she walked around him, dressed in ANBU uniform, with a whip in hand.

'No.'

'Awwwww, please!!! It would be so much fun…' Another image popped up, this one of a Kakashi in chains, and waiting on Sakura, feeding her grapes, and massaging her back and body. He was dressed in slaves clothing, while Sakura was dressed like a queen.

'No.'

"Sakura, are you okay?" Yamato happened to be walking by the café when he saw the tell tale pink hair of one of his subordinates. She seemed to be deep in thought, and looked slightly pissed off.

Sakura started, looking at the man who had the same talents as the first Hokage. He had been her team leader for many missions, when Kakashi could not be there, but other than that, she knew little of the man who claimed to be called 'Yamato'.

"Hm? Yeah, I'm fine thanks… just a lot on my mind…"

Yamato smiled kindly at her. "Is there anything that I can do to help?"

Sakura smiled, shaking her head. "No, but thanks anyway. My thoughts are problems that I need to deal with myself." Her voice was laced with gratitude. Then, as her mind kicked into gear, she remembered, "Actually, there is… do you know where Kakashi-senpai is at the moment?"

Yamato looked confused as to why she would be seeking out their superior, but answered anyway. "He will probably be reading somewhere, or at the memorial grounds. He likes to read up on the Hokage Mountain…"

Sakura grinned, eating the last bite of her toasted sandwich. "Thanks Yamato-senpai, I really appreciate it." She rolled her eyes, standing up from the table and joining the older shinobi to walk out the door. "Kakashi-senpai always knew how to hide from the world so he could read for hours and be late for everything."

Yamato laughed, smiling and agreeing with the kunoichi, even if he would never say it out loud, in case the Copy Nin heard him.

True to his reputation, Sakura could not find head, nor tail of the elusive, mysterious creature that was the Copy Nin.

She had searched for hours, climbing up to the top of the Hokage Mountain, and scaling back down it as well to try and find him in his reading spot, but to no success. She had gone to the memorial stone several times, in the hope that he would be there, but once again, there was no sign of him. She had even tried tracking his chakra signal, but he was a better tracker than she was, and knew how to hide himself, so that even his own specially trained tracking nin dogs could not find him.

She finally settled for eating at Ichiraku's ramen, and sat in the chair thinking. She had stopped back in at the hospital, to find that there was no need for her to be there, and that she was fine to go. Sitting in the chair, Sakura felt a little depressed, and unneeded.

"Yo."

A familiar voice reached her ears, as the chair next to her scraped out from the counter, and some sat in it. Sakura sat up straight, and glared at the silver haired man.

"And where do you think that you have been all day? Hiding away from the world with your precious book?" she asked, scowling at him, her eyes smouldering angrily.

Kakashi gulped under his mask, rubbing the back of his head nervously. Even though he could stop Sakura from hurting him quite easily, and even escape from the fiery kunoichi with ease, he did not like her being angry at him. Her temper was almost as legendary as her mentors, and she would seek justice, or what she thought was justice, till the edges of the world.

"Ha ha, funny thing…" he laughed nervously, before stopping his nervous actions as he realised something. "Wait, you were looking for me?"

She rolled her eyes, trying not to be too sarcastic, but failing obviously. "No, I have just been spending half the day asking various people if they had seen you, and walking around the village for a couple of hours because I felt like it."

"Oh, okay then." He went back to looking at people on the streets unfazed. He gave her a half a minute before she would explode.

It took less than that.

She scowled again, a little crease in between her pink eyebrows.

"Kakashi, you are absolutely-!!!" she took a deep breath and then shook her head, muttering under her breath. Thanks to Kakashi's extraordinary hearing, Kakashi heard every word that she said.

"God damn man… manages to get me so annoyed that I want to strangle him… especially when I have something to tell him…" Kakashi hid an amused grin, although, if Sakura had looked up and stopped glaring angrily at the stone that was sitting innocently on the ground, then she would have seen the tell tale crows eyes at the corner of his eye.

He waited till she had calmed down a bit, before talking to her again. "So why was it that you were looking for me? Other than just wanting to enjoy my intriguing company?"

She glared at him again, not bothering this time to mutter quietly her anger.

"You are the most infuriating, pain in the ass, stuck up, cocky, jerking asshole that I have ever had the displeasure top meet!!! You are so- ugh!" she turned and fisting her hands, went to walk away.

Kakashi chuckled, and using his fast speed, stood in front of her, causing her to walk into him, stopping her from escaping abruptly.

He, still chuckling, looked down into her fuming emerald eyes, and then grinned under his mask.

"I believe you wanted to tell me something?" he smiled, stopping with the teasing, sadly. It was amusing to watch her get anger, as long as Kakashi himself was out of hitting range. She always looked cute when frowning, and when she was angry, she had always reminded him of an outraged kitten.

She stopped glaring, and then looked into his eyes, trying to prepare herself to tell him. She wanted to tell him, and didn't care about the repercussions.

"Kakashi… I…-"

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hehe... cliffhanger...

people: *throw plates, rubbish, even rotten food*

me:okay, okay!!! dont hurt me, please!!! I LIKE MY LIFE!!!! *wails*

next chapter is coming up, lik, me now, so don't kill me yet...

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kill me after you read it...

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